Cranberry Cream Cheese French Toast Recipes

Steps:

• Arrange half the bread in a single layer in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; top with cream cheese and spoonfuls of cranberry sauce. Top with remaining bread., In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, 1/3 cup syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg until blended. Pour over casserole. Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Remove casserole from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake, uncovered, until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with additional maple syrup.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300F (150C).
• Butter a baking sheet.
• Cut bread into 8 equal slices about 1 inch thick.
• Mash the cream cheese with 1 tbsp sugar and almond extract in a medium bowl.
• Stir in the cranberries and taste.
• Add more sugar if the flavor is too tart.
• The mixture should be thick and chunky.
• In a shallow dish or bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, 1 tbsp sugar, vanilla, and salt.
• With a serrated knife, cut a pocket into the side of each piece of bread, carefully slicing into but not through the bread.
• Spoon equal portions of the filling into each slice.
• Dunk the stuffed bread slices into the egg mixture and soak for several minutes, turning if needed to coat evenly, until saturated but short of falling apart.
• Warm 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp oil together on a griddle or in a large heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Briefly cook the French toast in batches until golden brown and lightly crisp, turning once.
• Place the first slices on the baking sheet and keep them warm in the oven.
• Continue cooking the remaining slices, adding more butter and oil as needed.
• When all of the French toast is ready, dust it with confectioners' sugar, sprinkling it through a strainer.
• Serve immediately with maple syrup.

Steps:

• Slice challah bread into thick pieces. Combine cream cheese, sugar, fresh cranberries together. Cut a pocket into the bread and stuff cream cheese mixture inside. Melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan. Beat eggs and milk together in a large bowl. Dip stuffed bread into egg mixture, coating both sides. Place bread in pan, heat 1 to 2 minutes on each side.

Steps:

• With a heart shape cookie cutter cut 6 slices of bread.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of cheese on 3 of the slices. Sprinkle on the cheese 1/3 of the chips on each pressing in lightly.
• Spread 1 teaspoon raspberry jam on each of the other 3 slices bread. Top these on to the cream cheese halves, pressing together to adhere.
• Mix eggs, milk, extracts, salt, and cinnamon together. Place the sandwiches into the egg mixture and flipping till all is absorbed.
• In a hot pan heat butter and oil. Fry toast till golden brown and flip to finish browning other side.
• Continue cooking stove top or in a 350 degree oven till desired doneness.
• Top with sugar, syrup, and or fresh berries.

Steps:

• Cut each slice of bread in half.
• Beat eggs with milk and pinch of salt.
• In separate bowl, mash cheese until smooth with cinnamon, sugar, and vanilla, adjusting to taste.
• Spread one-fourth of cheese filling evenly over four slices of bread.
• Top with unspread slices of bread to form half-sandwiches.
• Dip and soak each sandwich in egg-milk mixture, turning so both sides of each sandwich absorb liquid.
• Let excess drip off.
• Heat unsalted butter in 10 inch skillet, and when hot but not brown, add sandwiches.
• Reduce heat and fry slowly for 5 to 7 minutes, or until first side is golden.
• Turn and brown second side over low heat.
• If sandwiches fry too quickly, filling will not be warm.
• Serve immediately, allowing 2 halves to each portion.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar and top with sour cream and strawberries.

Steps:

• Cut 1" from each end of the loaf and discard or use for another recipe.
• Cut the loaf into 1" thick slices and halve each slice on the diagonal.
• Cut in the diagonal side of each piece of bread to form a pocket (this is almost like cutting the bread into 1/2" slices except you don't go through any of the other sides of the bread).
• Mix the cream cheese, 2 tbsp sugar, egg yolk, zest and 1 tbsp orange juice until smooth.
• Fill each bread pocket with 1 tbsp of the cream cheese mixture.
• Put bread slices in a 13" x 9" baking dish, overlapping slightly.
• Whisk the eggs, milk and 1 tsp vanilla until frothy and pour over the bread.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sprinkle bread with 1 tbsp sugar.
• Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cranberry Sauce: Combine cranberries, maple syrup, 1/2 c sugar, 1/2 c orange juice and 1 tsp vanilla in a pot.
• Cook over medium heat stirring as required until cranberries burst and mixture thickens, about 15 minutes.
• Cool sauce and serve with toast.

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese filling ingredients in bowl using enough powdered sugar to make a spreading consistency, and set aside.
• Spread out the slices of the cinnamon bread and spread a little cream cheese filling on each and put two together to make a "sandwich".
• In another bowl mix the 3 eggs, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp vanilla well with a whisk and dip the sandwiches in this mixture and then fry them in a little melted butter until browned on each side.
• We use the large electric griddle for this.
• Top the fried sandwiches with a little powdered sugar dusting and then strawberry sauce and whip cream and serve.